Research Catalog

Title

Cocktail noir : from gangsters and gin joints to gumshoes and gimlets / Scott M. Deitche.

Author

Deitche, Scott M.

Publication

Jericho, NY : Reservoir Square Books, [2015]

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Details

Description

xiii, 261 pages : illustrations; 17 x 18 cm

Summary

A "look at the intertwining of alcohol and the underworld--represented by authors of crime both true and fictional and their glamorously disreputable characters, as well as by real life gangsters who built Prohibition-era empires on bootlegged booze. [The book] celebrates the potent potables they imbibed and the watering holes they frequented, including some bars that continue to provide a second home for crime writers"--Amazon.com.

Subject

• Cocktails
• Cocktails > History
• Organized crime > History
• Bars (Drinking establishments) > History
• Crime writing
• Bars (Drinking establishments)
• Organized crime

Genre/Form

• Cookbooks.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.

Contents

The dark corner with cocktail in hand -- Prohibition -- Crime novelists and their characters -- Mob authors -- Cocktail noir on screen -- Real-life gangsters -- Gangster bars -- Bar noir -- The well-stocked home bar.

Call Number

JFC 16-213

ISBN

• 9781941947005
• 194194700X

OCLC

898164657

Author

Deitche, Scott M., author.

Title

Cocktail noir : from gangsters and gin joints to gumshoes and gimlets / Scott M. Deitche.

Publisher

Jericho, NY : Reservoir Square Books, [2015]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.

Local Note

COCKTAIL RECIPES AND HISTORY. A RESERVOIR SQUARE BOOK. B&W ILLUSTRATED. NYTBR 11/1/15.

Research Call Number

JFC 16-213